[my comment on Jesus Creed Blog].

Good conversation-

I think the argument can be made that Paul’s use of Adam ‘AS BY ONE MAN SIN ENTERED INTO THE WORLD..’

Shows us the importance of his view of an historical Adam [One Man] not only in a ‘reductionist’ view of soteriology- but in the whole broad scope of the Kingdom message-

Jesus- as One Man- is the firstfruits [not a symbol of the whole harvest- but the first ONE of the greater harvest to come].

So- I see the Historical Adam as a big part of the whole kingdom vision that we see in scripture.

I also agree with the point that we can miss the bigger picture when we reduce the Adam question to a simple one of Creationism- the age of the earth- etc.